Archive for May 2nd 2012

A woman has been convicted of killing two people after a fire she started in her flat led to their deaths.
Sandra Clarke, 50, of Marine Tower, Deptford, south-east London, started a fire in her home in February 2011, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
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A father and daughter who were trapped in an overturned car in north Oxfordshire have been freed by emergency services.
The car overturned in Merton Street, Banbury, at about 16:00 BST.
Ambulance personnel freed the baby before fire crews and a speci...

Fire crews have set up a command centre in Tewkesbury to deal with flooding.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service said it had set up the centre in case the flooding got worse.
The Environment Agency said Water levels were expected to peak early on...

A 20-year-old man has been charged with arson following a fire at a block of flats in Kent in which two people suffered from smoke inhalation.
Fire crews were called to the two-storey building containing four flats in Wellingtonia Way, Edenbridge, ju...